U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted a notice to its Web site stating that effective August 20, 2004, certain wall hangings of wool or fine animal hair, not knitted or crocheted (HTS 6304.99.10) and certain pillow covers of wool or fine animal hair (HTS 6304.99.40) that are entered or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after August 20, 2004 are eligible for Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) duty-free treatment provided that the proper GSP requirements are met.
Customs duty
A customs duty is a tariff or tax which a country imposes on goods when they are transported across international borders. Customs Duties are used to protect countries' economies, residents, jobs, and environments, by limiting the flow of imported merchandise, especially restricted and prohibited goods, into the country. The Customs duty rate is a percentage determined by the value of the article purchased in the foreign country and not based on quality, size, or weight. U.S. customs duties are listed in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.
According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) sources, the duty- and quota-free Tariff Preference Level (TPL) for certain non-underwear T-shirts made in one or more USTR-listed U.S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA) beneficiary countries and entered under HTS 9820.11.12 filled on August 3, 2004 at 1:40 p.m.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued two notices regarding the changes made by the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Acceleration Act of 2004 (AGOA III) for textiles and apparel, one of which contains instructions for requesting certain retroactive AGOA II (Trade Act of 2002) and AGOA III apparel benefits, as detailed below.
On July 22, both the House of Representatives and the Senate passed H.R. 4842, the "U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Implementation Act," clearing the measure for the President.
CBP has posted a notice to its Web site stating that the fourth 2003/2004 "low duty" tariff rate quota (TRQ) for specialty sugar for the August 10, 2004 through September 30, 2004 period opens for 2,000,000 kg on August 10, 2004 at 1:00 EDST or its equivalent in other time zones. CBP notes that this TRQ is expected to oversubscribe at opening moment.
In the July 21, 2004 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 38, No. 30), CBP issued notices: (a) proposing to modify a classification ruling on painted glass sinks, and (b) proposing to revoke a classification ruling on aero-derivative gas turbines. CBP states that it is also proposing to revoke any treatment it has previously accorded to substantially identical transactions that are contrary to its position in these notices.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced that the 2004/2005 tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) for the August 1, 2004 through July 31, 2005 period on the following cotton will open on August 2, 2004 at 1:00 p.m. EDT or its equivalent in other time zones:
On July 22, 2004, both the House of Representatives and the Senate passed H.R. 4842, the "U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Implementation Act," clearing the measure for the President.
On July 14, 2004, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 4418, the Customs Border Security and Trade Agencies Authorization Act of 2004.